Britain's greatest explorers

Charismatic and ambitious, Francis Younghusband, was an explorer and "diplomat",
who was determined to bring Tibet under British sway. Celebrated by many in
Britain, he was not so well received in Tibet.

Appointed in 1903 to lead British mission to Tibet, he decided to push on to
Lhasa at the head of an armed force, and was responsible for massacring 700
Tibetans at Chumi Shengo. Entering Lhasa, September 1904, he mistook for a
welcome the crowd clapping their hands to ward off evil spirits. From there
he developed interests in mountaineering, sex and mysticism.